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Cancelling School Trips Because Of Terrorist Attacks Means Fear Wins How we respond to harrowing events greatly influences children – we must teach them to make the most of their lives

6 Recommended Reads For KS4 Students This Term Give your upper-secondary readers something new to delve into this year with some of these great novels. 1. And Then We Ran This pacey, coming-of-age road trip story follows the experiences of Megan and Elliot, who are both under the pressure of family expectations, for different reasons. Megan wants to be a photographer, but her […]

6 Of The Best Physics Resources To Unearth The Next Brian Cox In Your KS3 Science Class In the words of Olivia Newton-John, let's get physical...

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Start the New School Year as you Mean to go on by Getting Behaviour Right How to improve behaviour from day one by being the boss, building a community and being believable...

EYFS physical development – 7 steps to a more holistic approach Whether it's crawling, throwing, jumping or touching, the development of children's physical movements and fine motor skills can reinforce one another in a range of helpful ways, says Kathy Brodie...

3 Ways To Find The Learning ‘Sweet Spot’ Coach children into knowing when an activity has become too easy so they can adapt and adjust to boost learning

Write An Effective Risk Assessment Most activities are safe enough to go ahead with, as long as you evaluate the risks correctly

Our Practitioners Must be Prolific Wordsmiths who Immerse Children in Rich Language The richer the language children hear and acquire, the greater their success...

Every Kind Of Teaching Assistant You’ll Ever Meet These heroes are the glue that hold a school together. Teach enough classes and you’re bound to be gifted with one of these...

How Should You Teach? Like A Maverick Phil Beadle is here to explain just what that means

Empathy Takes Practice – Young Children Need Time And Help To Learn To Understand Others’ Emotions In children's minds the world revolves around them, and what might seem like deliberately malicious actions aren’t typically an attempt to cause upset

Pie Corbett’s 10 secrets of reading schools Learn from the teachers who are getting it right in their classrooms...

Neuroscience Reveals The Power Of Music To Benefit Children’s Outcomes Across The EYFS Early years music-making activities draw on various areas of the brain simultaneously.

4 of the best shapes and patterns games and activities for early years From recognising shapes, colours and patterns to exploring symmetry and size, there's plenty of ways for kids to discover sides and angles

GCSE Exam Results Day – Spare A Thought For The Teachers It's not just students who are judged by exam results, and many teachers feel the strain of comparing theirs to colleagues' and other schools' achievements

Maths in early years – “What children learn is important, but HOW they learn is even more crucial” Don’t take the sedentary approach to mathematical learning in Reception – it pays to be practical, says Judith Dancer...

6 Recommended Reads For KS2 Encourage your class to step into the wonderful world of stories with these brilliant titles

Primary assessment – Why constantly measuring every child in the classroom helps no one Enough with the obvious reminders and arbitrary measures, says teacher trainer Jon Berry – just let teachers get on with what they're good at...

Engage SEND Students In Literacy Lessons With Multisensory Storytelling This is particularly useful if you are working with children in developing an understanding of new experiences

A Letter To Myself As A Six-Year-Old Girl "Hug your dad, play nice with your sister, and don’t worry about being bottom of the class"

Irregular verbs – 7 of the best resources for KS1 And KS2 grammar If your children have, had or have had difficulty with irregular verbs, here are some fun resources to try to make those pesky non-conformist words stick...

Using Dice To Teach Maths In Early Years Having access to nontraditional dice can be an enormous help when introducing larger numbers

STEM stars – Inspiring the engineers of the future, one wacky invention at a time Get your children to draw or explain their crazy invention, and it might just get made

Managing Unhappy Teams – Spotting When A Storm Is Brewing As leaders it is vital we understand the dynamics of team development

13 open-ended weighing and measuring activities to boost mathematical learning in early years Kirstine Beeley provides some measuring magic to try in your setting...

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